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In case you missed it, Valiant Comics announced four new series as a part of the “Breakthrough” line, and Marvel announced “Cosmic Ghost Rider Destroys Marvel History” and “Spider-Man: Life Story.” Also, we revealed the winners of 2018 Year in Review’s Best Anthology and Best Cover Artist.
– The National Cartoonists Society has announced the first ever NCSFest, a festival dedicated to celebrating comics and cartoon art from all over the world. The inaugural festival will be held over the weekend of May 17, 2019 in Huntington Beach, California. The guest list for the event includes Charlie Adlard (“The Walking Dead”), Daniel Clowes (“Ghost World”), Gilbert and Jamie Hernandez (“Love and Rockets”), and many more. You can visit the official site here.
– DC Comics have cancelled all orders for the long-delayed “Batman: Creature of the Night” #4. The series has been plagued with delays, with issue #3 having been delayed from February 2018 to April 2018 and issue #4 having been originally solicited for January 2019. No release date for the fourth issue has been announced yet, but it could be published as soon as May 2019.
– Director Scott Derrickson is confirmed to return to direct Doctor Strange 2. Derrickson co-wrote and directed the first Doctor Strange film, as well as the pilot for the Snowpiercer. As of yet, there is no release date for the Doctor Strange sequel, though with pre-production taking place next year, it could start filming in 2020 for an arrival in 2021.
– Netflix has ordered an exclusive series based on Charles Forsman’s mini-comic series, “I Am Not Okay With This.” The series will be directed by Jonathan Entwistle, who previously adapted another of Forsman’s series, “The End of the F***king World,” into a Channel 4/Netflix television series.
– In other streaming news, the newly cancelled Marvel/Netflix shows will likely not relocate to the Disney+ streaming service. According to Variety, the deal for the Marvel shows stipulates that the characters cannot appear in any non-Netflix series or film, meaning all the characters that appear in all four shows can’t relocate and reunite until 2021. However, The Punisher is not beholden to the same contract, so the show’s future remains unclear.
– Lots of casting announcements have been made: Joel McHale has been cast as Sylvester Pemberton/Starman in DC’s Stargirl, while Sharknado star Ian Ziering has been cast as Blue Devil in DC’s Swamp Thing. Also, Lucasfilm announced the star studded cast for the upcoming series, The Mandalorian: Narcos star Pedro Pascal has been confirmed as the titular character, while Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad), Emily Swallow (Supernatural), Carl Weathers (Predator), Omid Abtahi (American Gods), and Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man) were also all announced.
– The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will open its doors for the first time with a retrospective devoted to Studio Ghibli’s Hayao Miyazaki. The show, launching in late 2019, will be Miyazaki’s first major museum show in the United States.
– The latest anime film adaptation of Tsukasa Hojo’s manga “City Hunter” has been unveiled, along with the official title for the film: City Hunter the Movie: Shinjuku Private Eyes. You can watch the trailer here.
– Finally, distributor GKIDS have acquired the North American rights to the animated Spanish film Buñuel and the Labyrinth of the Turtles, based upon the graphic novel of the same name by Fermín Solís. The movie will be released stateside sometime next year.
